Our Team

Founders

Faye Lin

President & US Chapter Founder – AquaMeridian United States
UC Berkeley Class of 2028

Faye’s connection to the ocean runs deep. At twelve, she learned to scuba dive in Monterey Bay — and the experience changed everything. Since then, she has logged over 60 dives in California's cold coastal waters and conducted student research on kelp restoration and underwater ecosystems, including a project recognized at Regeneron ISEF and published in IEEE Xplore.

Faye also mentors science fair students independently, helping them develop the research skills and scientific thinking needed to compete at regional and national levels — a role informed by her own experience both competing and serving as a judge at the Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair.

At UC Berkeley, she studies Economics and Data Science, with a growing focus on AI and data-driven problem solving. She is particularly interested in how AI tools can extend the reach of environmental education, streamline conservation outreach, and help mission-driven organizations create greater impact. (See her recent work at flinportfolio.vercel.app)

Through AquaMeridian, she has organized beach cleanups, student workshops, and conservation outreach across the Bay Area. Her goal: to inspire more young people to engage with environmental issues through direct experience and community action.

Outside of conservation work, Faye enjoys art, music, creative design, inline skating, and building technology projects.

Sharon Kwok

Founder - AquaMeridian Hong Kong

Sharon Kwok, Faye’s influencer and mentor, is a conservationist who has worked in Hong Kong’s public broadcasting and film industry since 1987.

Artist, actress, and an avid conservationist, Sharon Kwok has been a diver since she was 8 years of age and her love of the oceans has led her to become an active participant in the diving community. Sharon is an ADEX Ocean Ambassador, the first Asian inductee to the “Women Diver’s Hall of Fame” to date, and she was recently nominated as one of the ‘18 Most Influential Women in Ocean Conservation’ by Ocean Geographic. Her love of nature has also led her to be accepted into The Society of Women Geographers, and The Explorers’ Club.

In 2013, Sharon founded AquaMeridian Conservation and Education Foundation, a non-profit organization in Hong Kong to provide a Chinese based yet international conservation entity, which aims to change mindsets to end demands for endangered wildlife and enable sustainable lifestyles through creative and cross-cultural programs. Some of AquaMeridian’s local projects include celebrity-led campaigns for endangered animal species, working with or lobbying for conservation initiatives with governments, education seminars at school and corporations, as well as underwater and beach clean-ups that involved thousands of volunteers.